BEMAD is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. BEMAD is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BEMAD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEMAD is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEMAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bemadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEMAD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BEMAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does BEMAD mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To make mad, or to drive someone into a state of madness.
This is an old causative form built from be- plus mad, the same pattern that gave English bewitch and befuddle. Writers reached for bemad when plain phrases like drive mad felt too weak for grief, jealousy or rage overwhelming a character entirely. The longer variant bemadden carries exactly the same meaning and appears more often.
How BEMAD is used
Archaic; encountered mainly in older literary texts rather than modern writing.
- Grief seemed to bemad the old king within a single night.
- The play shows jealousy that will bemad even a patient man.
- Loss of his fortune appeared to bemad the merchant completely.
- Nothing could bemad her so quickly as an unanswered letter.
- The chronicle claims the fever did bemad half the garrison.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEMAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEMAD
11 longer words begin with BEMAD.
Shorter words from the letters in BEMAD
Common questions about BEMAD
- Is BEMAD valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BEMAD is not in it.
- How many points is BEMAD worth?
- BEMAD is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEMAD mean?
- To make mad, or to drive someone into a state of madness.
- What letters can be added to BEMAD?
- BEMAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BEMAD:
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